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By: Michael Nelson, Barbara A. Perry & Russell L. R...
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 13 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
The presidency of George W. Bush has been the subject of extensive commentary but limited scholarly analysis in the years since he left office. 43 draws extensively, but not solely, from the recently released interviews of the Miller Center's Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia. This volume consists of ten chapters,... Read more
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How to Win the War on Truth
By: Samuel C. Spitale
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
Made to Stick by Chip Heath meets Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe in this guide to navigating today's post-truth landscape, filled with examples of modern-day propaganda campaigns.
We're bombarded with information like never before. Some of it's true, some of it's spin, and some of it's flat-out fake news. And that's by design. Propaganda... Read more
India Since Independence Part 1
By: Bipin Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee & Aditya Mukhe...
Narrated by: Prateek Dutt Sharma
Length: 18 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle forfreedom. It covers the framing of the Constitution... Read more
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Misinformation Nation
By: Jordan E. Taylor
Narrated by: Christopher P. Brown
Length: 11 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
In Misinformation Nation, Jordan E. Taylor reveals how foreign news defined the boundaries of early American politics and ultimately drove colonists to revolt against Britain and create a new nation.
News was the lifeblood of early American politics, but newspaper printers had few reliable sources to report on events from abroad. Though... Read more
Standing Tall
By: Lt. General Robert F Foley, US Army (Ret)
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Robert Foley had only been in Vietnam for six months when he was promoted to captain and given command of a rifle company. In November 1966, Foley led his men on a mission to rescue another company that had been pinned down by Viet Cong forces. His leadership that day inspired his men and led to a successful operation—and the Medal of Honor. His... Read more
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The Trump Tapes
By: Bob Woodward
Narrated by: Donald J. Trump & Bob Woodward
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
“The most memorable contribution to this year’s American political literature, however, was not a printed book. The Trump Tapes…is an audio collection that offers a passport to the heart of darkness.” —The Guardian
“An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected, non-partisan journalists in the world” —Jake Tapper, CNN
“It was... Read more
Степан Бандера и судьба Украины
By: Леонид Млечин
Narrated by: Пётр Энтис
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Долго и мучительно украинский народ шел к своей самостоятельности. На этом пути было множество преград: смена правителей, войны, оккупация. Сколько невинной крови было пролито за «свободную самостийную Украину»; менялась власть, вожди, территория переходила из рук в руки, но идея независимого Украинского государства, за которую так ожесточенно... Read more
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México, manual de usuario
By: Chumel Torres
Narrated by: Chumel Torres
Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
El país -como cada seis años, o mejor dicho: cada año- se encuentra en un momento crítico de inestabilidad económica, corrupción, deshonestidad política, indolencia ante los problemas sociales...¿y ahora quién podrá defendernos? Fiel a su estilo y con un humor salvaje, Chumel Torres ofrece en este libro una reflexión sobre lo que nos distingue... Read more
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Crónicas desde la región más violenta
By: author
Narrated by: Daniel Cubillo & Juan Carlos González
Length: 22 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Éste es el segundo libro del equipo de Sala Negra de El Faro y puede considerarse también la segunda parte de Crónicas Negras. La sección de investigación de violencia del periódico digital más prestigioso de América Latina fue creada en 2011 con un propósito: entender la violencia en el triángulo norte de Centroamérica, una delas esquinas más... Read more
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Gegen die Ohnmacht - Meine Großmutter, die Politik und ich (Ungekürzt)
By: Luisa Neubauer & Dagmar Reemtsma
Narrated by: Luisa Neubauer
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Zwei außergewöhnliche Frauen, hundert Jahre deutscher und europäischer Geschichte _ eine Verschwisterung über die Generationen. Dagmar Reemtsma ist fast 90, sie ist ein Kriegskind. Ihre Enkelin Luisa Neubauer ist in Friedenszeiten aufgewachsen, doch ihre Zukunft ist durch die ökologische Zerstörung bedroht. Sie beide verbindet ihr Einsatz gegen... Read more
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In Search of Common Ground
By: Bastian Berbner
Narrated by: Robert Fass
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
As heard on NPR’s “This American Life,” unlikely friendships challenge every kind of bias, to offer hope that our societies can healMuch has been written about our polarized media, social bubbles, and intractable biases. Award-winning journalist Bastian Berbner circled the world to find a different narrative. In Search of Common Ground is his... Read more
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¿Quién es Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
By: Kirsten Anderson & Who HQ
Narrated by: Julieth Restrepo
Length: 34 minutes
Abridged: No
La inspiradora historia de la mujer más joven jamás elegida para el Congreso, contada en el nuevo formato Who HQ Now para temas de actualidad.
El 26 de junio de 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, una camarera de Nueva York de veintiocho años, se convirtió en la mujer más joven elegida para formar parte del Congreso. Su victoria conmocionó al mundo... Read more
¿Quién es Kamala Harris?
By: Kirsten Anderson & Who HQ
Narrated by: Jane Santos
Length: 34 minutes
Abridged: No
La inspiradora historia de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris contada en el nuevo formato Who HQ que aborda temas de actualidad.
El 7 de noviembre de 2020, Kamala Harris, una senadora de California, se convirtió en la primera mujer y la primera persona afroamericana y surasiática-estadounidense en ser elegida para la vicepresidencia. Si bien su... Read more
Guerrilla Gardening
By: David Tracey
Narrated by: David Tracey
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
A guide to greening cities -- with or without permissionThe term "guerrilla" may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission is to transform an abandoned lot into a thing of beauty. Once an... Read more
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To Purge This Land with Blood
By: Stephen B. Oates
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
Length: 17 hours
Abridged: No
In October 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to secure weapons and start a slave rebellion. The raid was a failure, but it galvanized the nation and sparked the Civil War.
Still one of the most controversial figures in American history, John Brown's actions raise interesting questions... Read more
In the Mouth of the Wolf
By: Katherine Corcoran
Narrated by: Gigi Saul Guerrero
Length: 12 hours
Abridged: No
Shortlisted for the Juan E. Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America
“Chilling and nuanced … a murder mystery but also, more important, a portrait of a nation where no one knows what to believe, or whom to trust."--Mark Bowden, The New York Times Book Review
"Epic ... deeply reported and riveting."--NPR Online
Former AP Mexico bureau... Read more
The Equality Machine
By: Orly Lobel
Narrated by: Dominique Dibbell
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can harness to achieve equality and a better future.
Much has been written about the challenges tech presents to equality and democracy. But we can either criticize big data and automation or steer it to do... Read more
The Scheme
By: Jennifer Mueller & Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Narrated by: Charles Constant
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Following his book Captured on corporate capture of regulatory and government agencies, and his years of experience as a prosecutor, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse here turns his attention to the right-wing scheme to capture the courts, and how it influenced the Trump administration's appointment of over 230 "business-friendly" judges, including the... Read more
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Raising Them Right
By: Kyle Spencer
Narrated by: Kyle Spencer
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A riveting behind-the-scenes account of the new stars of the far right—and how they’ve partnered with billionaire donors, idealogues, and political insiders to build the most powerful youth movement the American right has ever seen In the wake of the Obama presidency, a group of young charismatic conservatives catapulted onto the American... Read more
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The Economy of Cities
By: Jane Jacobs
Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti
Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
In this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of imports. Using case studies of developing cities in the ancient, pre-agricultural world, and contemporary... Read more
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Black Women Will Save the World
By: April Ryan
Narrated by: April Ryan
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
In this long-overdue celebration of Black women’s resilience and unheralded strength, the revered, trailblazing White House correspondent reflects on “The Year That Changed Everything”—2020—and African-American women’s unprecedented role in upholding democracy.“I am keenly aware that everyone and everything has a story,” April D. Ryan... Read more
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Weapons of Mass Delusion
By: Robert Draper
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 15 hours
Abridged: No
One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2022
The disturbing eyewitness account of how a new breed of Republicans—led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Madison Cawthorn—far from moving on from Trump, have taken the politics of hysteria to even greater extremes and brought American democracy to the edge
The... Read more
Running While Black
By: Alison Mariella Désir
Narrated by: Alison Mariella Désir
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimagine the industry
“Runners know that running brings us to ourselves. But for Black people, the simple act of running has never been so simple. It is a declaration of the right to move through the world. If running is claiming public space, why, then,... Read more
Homecoming
By: Rana Foroohar
Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti
Length: 14 hours
Abridged: No
A sweeping case that a new age of economic localization will reunite place and prosperity, putting an end to the last half century of globalization—by one of the preeminent economic journalists writing today
“This invaluable book is as bold in its ambitions as it is readable.”—Ian Bremmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of... Read more